Just came back from the (limited, very limited) media availability at this morning's practice. They started off in the bubble, then switched to the outside fields. Some observations:

() Everybody in attendance.

() RT Vernon Carey, who was limited in practice on Wednesday with a right knee issue, had a sleeve on his right knee today but appeared to be doing all the early sled drills.

() DE Tony McDaniel had his right wrist retaped by head trainer Kevin O'Neill during snap drills.

() DE Lionel Dotson was wearing a compression sleeve on his left leg. Doesn't necessarily mean anything.

() ILB Akin Ayodele, who made just one tackle in the loss to the Colts and was playing through a reported back injury, was working in all the ILB drills. Ayodele said on Wednesday his back is not a problem. "Back is good," he said. "I've been practicing, so that's not an issue."

() WR Greg Camarillo, who appears a step slow in the wake of knee surgery last winter, struggled to catch up to a Chad Pennington pass on a deep out. The ball dropped untouched. Didn't kick the ball today, though.

() Receivers worked on double moves. Pennington hit Ted Ginn, Jr. in stride on a deep shot. Could those two finally be growing comfortable with each other? How did Ginn like being the target of 16 Pennington passes on Monday night (resulting in a career-best 11 catches)?

"It felt great just to come up with the balls and make opportunities for him to be able to throw the route and get it to me," Ginn said Wednesday. "It was a great situation."

() Chad Henne, working the same drill — rolling to his right, moving right up to the line of scrimmage before releasing the ball — overthrew Davone Bess on his double move.

() RBs were working on spin moves and ball security on strip attempts. Chargers have forced three fumbles through their first two games, recovering one. The Dolphins have forced just one fumble — Greg Camarillo's strip on Brian Williams' long fumble return against the Falcons — but didn't recover it. Dolphins are one of eight teams without a fumble recovery through two weeks.

() A year after piling up 30 takeaways, the Dolphins have none through two games. The Cowboys are the only other team that can make that dubious claim. Gibril Wilson had the year's first interception in his arms Monday night, and the play was initially ruled an interception, but replay overturned it.

"I felt like we were close [to a takeaway]," Sparano said Wednesday. "I think we're in good position on some things. … It's hard to go a couple, three games without [takeaways]. We need to start to even this deal out. We're 0-5 [turnover ratio], and we've got to find a way to even that up."

() Just nine teams have fewer sacks than the Dolphins' three. Sparano said the Dolphins hit Matt Ryan as many as 12 times in the opener, but that number was only about half that against Peyton Manning, who admittedly gets the ball out as quickly as anybody in the game. "Not enough pressure this past week," Sparano said. "We're always looking for more [pressure] on the quarterback, and we'd like to get it in a way that we don't have to generate." … I only counted four hits on Manning: Philip Merling, Kendall Langford and Joey Porter each knocked him down once, and Porter also had that third quarter sack that allowed to him remove that "sombrero" he's been talking about.

() Phillip Rivers, by the way, has been sacked five times in two games. Dolphins have allowed six sacks so far, four in the opener. Green Bay trails in the pass protection category, allowing 10 sacks thus far.

Knight,
Last year I got tired of hearing black president, black coach winning superbowl, black person wins lottery, and I made the statement, Why does race have to be a factor?
wouldn’t you know he tried to get my personal information to get me fired!!
Posted by: Walker
Wow. Thats pretty low.

“() Receivers worked on double moves. Pennington hit Ted Ginn, Jr. in stride on a deep shot. Could those two finally be growing comfortable with each other? How did Ginn like being the target of 16 Pennington passes on Monday night (resulting in a career-best 11 catches)? ”
That’s the bullet point I care about.

Randy-
It’s become a confusing mess here in CA. I deal with it daily in my job. It’s illegal federally, legalized by the state, but still illegal in my county. It’s a constant battle with the dispensaries opening up all over. I can say things are coming to a head here and I feel it’s only a matter of time for it to gain legalization here in Sacto. (It’s actually fully legal in a couple of the incorporated cities already.)

Just to be clear, I wasn’t supporting Marxism. I was just simply stating that it is merely an ideology.
many ideologies have been used to murder and exploit people throughout history.
now all of you shut up and get back to work, so I can get rich and fat off your labors.

Cap . are you freaking kidding me . obama was a junior senator for only 2 years , never governed anything and never ran a business. He was a freaking comminuity organizer for gods sake. That’s what i mean by no experience . Who really has experience in anything when they first do something. Where talking about poltical experience.

“When i passed the cpa exam, no one handed me a job or a firm, i got to where i got by hard work and long hours. i be damned if i should share it with some one who was just to lazy to do what i did”
I gotcha finfanrob but I think the flaw in you saying that is the perception that no one helped you get to where you are but the fact is that someone did help you get to where you are. If you started your own business someone had to give you a loan. If you got a job someone had to hire you.. see what I’m saying.. No one got to where they are by themselves.

“How can you have experience being a president unless you have been president?”
How long was Obama a U.S. Senator? What 4 years? Before that he was a Illinois State Senator. How did that make him qualified to be president? Because he made a speech at the democratic convention? Oh that’s right, I forgot that being good at slinging the BS is the top skill needed to run for any political office. Never mind, what was I thinking.

Cap,
yeah, the program I watched focused on mendocino(?) i think. then they spent some time talking to a guy who runs several dispensaries. He said he pays the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in taxes and fees too.
He wouldn’t get into b/c he said the federal government doesn’t like it to be discussed.
So, the federal government is already making money of of marijuana. They just don’t want people to know it.

charlie , what the hell are you talking about, it’s been a left wing democratic run congress since 2006. They are in control. also they didn’t need al franken to ram bills with their majority vote. They ramed the stimulus without franken in there.

you like to say it isnt ginns fault he was drafted #9, well then it isnt obama’s fault he was elected. it is the fault of the lazy naive voters
Posted by: finfanrob | September 24, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Agreed. LOL

NJ,
Who says you have to already be a politician or a lawyer to become a politician?
All it takes is some brains and common sense…and a backbone. Sadly, most of our politicians come up short in at least 2 out of 3.
The president has a lot less power than most realize anyway. he really can’t do sh!t on his own.

If you started your own business someone had to give you a loan. If you got a job someone had to hire you.. see what I’m saying.. No one got to where they are by themselves.
Posted by: Cap
that is total bs let me hold my hand out cause i cant do it all by myself boo hoo. yeah i was hired by a firm out of college, but i was hired cause of my degree, that i got on my own, by my potential that i created on my own. they didnt ‘give’ me anything. and just to let you know, i started my own firm without a loan, just went and bit the bullet till i could make ends meet

I agree with Knight…there are a LOT of dumb SOBs in this world.
But, I also agree with ffr…you are what you make of yourself.
But, I also agree with myself…the jets blow goats.
I was born to be a politician.

The president has a lot less power than most realize anyway. he really can’t do sh!t on his own.
Posted by: randy | September 24, 2009 at 03:00 PM
Don’t tell Hollywood and their sheep that, they just spent 8 years blaming GW for all the problems in this country and the world. LOL

Here comes the #3 ranked pass offense…bet get some intense QB pressures or the cardboard cut-outs up the Dolphins middle and secondary are going to look bad..again..
OT- Smith is a beast in Madden 10. Nobody breaks his tackles..J Allen is also a ST beast..why doesnt he get a go at Safety if Gibril Wilson stinks it up again this sunday?

You opened a can of worms Wil, but I personally find it interesting and informative to get some insight into the minds of some of the regulars here on stuff other than Dolphins. Excellent, hehehe (steepled fingers ala mr burns)

Knight,
I was filling my tank with gas the other day and just thinking about this.
Isn’t is funny that somehow the price of oil skyrocketed at THE SAME TIME we had a president in office who’s family money comes from oil?
It’s amazing how coincidental things are sometimes.

randy, it’s not just about being rich. Some people are just smarter, more ingenious and harder workers than others. There is no way to level the playing field. …..
Posted by: The Knight who says Ni!
I agree totally. It’s not just the money thing. I guarantee you could take all the financial resources in the country, divide it equally among every man, woman and child, within a couple of years we would be right back with the same people having money and they same people being broke. If having a pile of money thrust at you was the answer, why does every lottery winner you hear about end up broke in a few years?

Wil , it is your fault. and bringing lincoln into this conversation with today’s world is plain ridiculous ! Why not george washinton too, he was only a general in the army before he became prez. LOl 1 :}

FFR.. I think you are missing my point. I’m not calling for handouts or that you didn’t earn the job but the fact remains SOMEONE hired you… yes you had the degree and was the best candidate but SOMEONE hired you. Just like SOMEONE pays you money to do a job for them. I mean the money didn’t just drop out of thin air.. SOMEONE gave you that money. And if money did drop of out thin air then please tell me the location so I can put my hand out =)

within a couple of years we would be right back with the same people having money and they same people being broke. If having a pile of money thrust at you was the answer, why does every lottery winner you hear about end up broke in a few years?
Posted by: herdfan | September 24, 2009 at 03:11 PM
LMFAO! Great points!

Cap , i also started my business on my own . That was made possible from my degree that i paid for. It’s called hard work. if alot more people did that instead of waiting for government handouts , we’d be better off.

herd,
that wasn’t my point. I was trying to say that wealthy people are the ones who run things. You don’t see any poor CEOs or politicians in this country.
I wasn’t suggesting we should share the wealth and everything would be okay.
At least I wasn’t trying to suggest that but that post was yesterday, wasn’t it?*L*

NJ, I’m not disputing hard work or handouts. All I saying is I’m tired of this notion that people got to where they are by themselves. Someone had to help you get to where you are. Yes you got the degree but you had teachers that taught you right? That’s all I’m saying… people make the world go round. You can’t get to where you want to be without other people helping you in some way.

randy , is it like the coincidence that NBC/msnbc campaigned for obama to win because ‘ obama ” the far left wing senator was a big green / envirommental activist/supporter. well who stands to make billions if obama wins ? That’s right GE. and who owns NBC , that’s right GE.

This was inspired by Cap. I think this is what he was trying to say. John Lennon became a good communist even though he had a nice little buried treasure to live off of. ; )
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me.
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before.
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these daya are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.

nj,
is there something wrong with being an environmentalist? It seems like that’s become a dirty word these days.
i’m an environmentalist b/c being one benefits all of humanity. We can’t go on destroying our world’s natural resources the way we have been and not expect dire consequences down the road. And, that road is getting shorter and shorter.
We’ve already killed off half the worlds species in the past 50 years or something like that.
I’m for ANY politician who wants to change our policies in that area.
We could’ve had a car that got 50 mpg decades ago. Why haven’t we? b/c it didn’t benefit the oil and car manufacturers.

randy, I hear you about being an environmentalist. I think most people are, but there are agendas behind some of the environmentalist movements that are geared towards destroying capitalism.
Once again, money and power are behind that too.

What up yo! The Chargers are in some serious trouble. If we can score and run the ball just like last weekend it will be awesome. Alls we need is some inspired play from our defense. If they can make some stops at least 4, 3 and outs and a turnover we will have our first victory.

Knight . you stole my thunder . I was about to address randy with the same point. Here i am agreeing with randy about companies( oil or ge ) and theiragenda and he changes the point to the environment. LOl :}

Knight,
I agree, but that’s the system we have in place now. EVERYTHING is politicized.
Now that i’m depressed I’m gonna go do something constructive for awhile.
Dolphins-27 Chargers-23
i like the sound of that…

OMAR KELLY was unsuccessful at achieving his childhood dream to become a super hero, so he figured he'd do the next best thing and become a journalist who fights against injustice, and searches for truth. After being bored to death reporting news and covering politics, he switched to sports.
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